# The Celebrity Death Pool 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359 "2003-12-01T22:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/341 "2004-03-09T19:57:24Z")
Anybody have Robert Pastorelli? He was only 49 years old, so was worth major points! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/342 "2004-03-09T20:23:39Z")
Nope, nobody picked him either. People, come _on!_ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/343 "2004-03-09T20:35:57Z")
**a35362** , was it you who had a web site going on this? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/344 "2004-03-09T20:39:57Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > People, come _on!_ Hey, my strategy was to pick celebs who are going to die late in the year … so as to come out of nowhere and win it all. So far, my strategy seems to be working quite well. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/345 "2004-03-09T21:36:15Z")
The website put together by **sunfish** is [here](http://home.earthlink.net/~sunfish9n/SDMB/participants.htm). ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/346 "2004-03-09T22:08:30Z")
Damn. Eldin was the only reason I ever watched _Murphy Brown._ What a shame… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/347 "2004-03-16T15:16:36Z")
[Whitney](http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/16/houston.rehab.ap/index.html) is making the wrong kind of headlines. I guess my chances of a late winter sweep just decreased. Oh well. She’s relapsed before. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/348 "2004-03-18T19:07:01Z")
It’s a long fly ball to left field. It’s way back. It’s going to be close… [http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040318\_1067.html](http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040318_1067.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/349 "2004-03-19T00:57:52Z")
[JJ Jackson](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485838/20040318/index.jhtml?headlines=true) I’d forgotten all about him. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/350 "2004-03-19T01:25:23Z")
I’m surprised no one has posted **Mercedes McCambridge** yet. (There has already been a seperate Cafe Society thread since 3/17). She is still listed on the IMDB as living but here is one of the many links concerning her demise: [http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/19/db1902.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/03/19/ixopright.html](http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/19/db1902.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2004/03/19/ixopright.html) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/351 "2004-03-19T04:01:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Xadium](#): > > > [@a35362](#): > > > > Nope, nobody picked either one. > > > > (Now one of you Trekkers give us the quote from “Darmok” about the captain being dead. Go on, you know you want to.) > > Err, memory’s a bit rusty, but do you mean this one from Picard? > > “He who was my companion, through adventure and hardship, is gone forever…” Surely it’s “Shaka…when the walls fell.” No? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/352 "2004-03-19T12:59:13Z")
J. J. Jackson, one of the original MTV VJs… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/353 "2004-03-19T16:12:34Z")
But nobody picked him. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/354 "2004-03-19T20:50:07Z")
Question: Will dopers who don’t plan to stay on board (i.e. subscribe) still be eligible for points in the Celebrity Death Pool? FTR, I plan to subscribe and stay on, but I thought this question should be addressed beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/355 "2004-03-19T21:24:19Z")
Hmmm, good question. My Executive Decision: yes, they are still eligible for points. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Xadium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Dr\_Xadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Xadium)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/356 "2004-03-20T09:09:43Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > Surely it’s “Shaka…when the walls fell.” No? As I said, memory’s a bit rusty 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/357 "2004-03-20T21:25:13Z")
If anyone still cares, yes, I did mean to substitute Putin for Saddam. I suspect that an assassin’s bullet for Putin is more likely than Saddam dying without our say-so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/358 "2004-03-20T21:57:42Z")
> [@Menocchio](#): > > If anyone still cares, yes, I did mean to substitute Putin for Saddam. > > I suspect that an assassin’s bullet for Putin is more likely than Saddam dying without our say-so. Yep, looks like Putin is trying to bring back the good old days of the Soviet Union. I might choose him if he is still around next year. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/359 "2004-03-21T05:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Question: Will dopers who don’t plan to stay on board (i.e. subscribe) still be eligible for points in the Celebrity Death Pool? FTR, I plan to subscribe and stay on, but I thought this question should be addressed beforehand. There is precedent. Drain Bead won the second Celebrity Death Pool after quitting the board in protest of her fiancee being banned. ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359/360 "2004-03-21T09:28:54Z")
The Dutch queen mom, **Princess Juliana** , passed away saturday morning at age 94 [Link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3552417.stm) That’s 6 points for **Single Serving Friend** and **Uvula Donor** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2004/216359.md?page=19)